Show text only when mouse is positioned over a picture in PowerPoi

[robert_m_c]

Is it possible to show text relevant to a picture only when the mouse is
positioned only that picture. I am limited to a 20 page presentation and need
to get as much information on each page as possible. I am a basic user of
PowerPoint 2007.
Any help or advice would be appeciated.

 

[Rick Altman]

Hi Robert --

I can get you halfway there:

1. You can create hyperlinks that work when you merely hover the mouse over
an object (no click necessary). Hovering the mouse would automatically take
you to the designated slide. However, this does not address your slide
number constraint, because the hyperlink implies that you are creating an
additional slide for that content.

2. You can create an animation trigger, whereby clicking one object causes a
second object to appear. So you could click a photo and automatically have
relevant text appear about that photo. This keeps your slide count down
because it all takes place on the same slide. However, this will not work on
a hover; you must click the photo to trigger the appearance of the text.

I would vote for the second approach as it addresses what seems to be your
more significant constraint. You can learn about animation triggers by
creating a couple of objects on a slide, animating one of them, and then
right-clicking on the entry in the Animation task pane, and choosing Timing.




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Rick Altman
PowerPoint Live
Oct 11-14, 2009 | Atlanta GA
http://www.betterpresenting.com




.. You can create

 

[John Wilson]

Hi Robert if you go with Rick's trigger suggestion this tute and demo might
help
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